JEFFERSON CITY — With curiosity in two nationwide lottery video games waning because of the pandemic, one in all them is trying overseas in hopes of rising the pool of gamers.
“Powerball has been going through a number of challenges — product relevancy, jackpot stagnation, and ticket resellers and artificial lotteries advertising and marketing Powerball tickets worldwide with out contributing to very important public applications and companies supported by lotteries,” a press release from the affiliation mentioned. “The Powerball Product Group has been researching quite a few choices to handle these challenges. This analysis started pre-pandemic, and stays in dialogue and below improvement.”
Though the affiliation didn’t particularly point out abroad enlargement, Missouri Lottery Director Could Scheve introduced the talks throughout a latest assembly of the Missouri Lottery Fee.
Scheve is a member of the board that manages Powerball and is a former chairwoman of the 38-state consortium that oversees its operation.